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Sam George hits back at Amnesty International over Anti LGBTQI+ bill

The lead sponsor of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, Sam George, has cautioned human rights organisation,...

I don’t want to lose my house – Buffer Stock food supplier cries

A food supplier to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) is set to lose her house if the government fails to pay her...

2023 Ghana Garden and Flower Show officially launched

Strategic Communication Africa Ltd. (Stratcomm Africa), the visionary driving force behind the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement (GGFM), has officially launched the 2023 Ghana...

Food supplier rushed to hospital over Buffer Stock picketing

A member of the National Food Suppliers Association has been rushed to the 37 Military Hospital after two nights of sleeping at the National...

Truck driver rams into post office after brake failure

A DAF vehicle with registration number GT 327-23, loaded with goods suspected to be either fertiliser or rice, has rammed into a container used...

Bulldogs attack, kill 8-year-old boy in Kumasi

Two bulldogs on Sunday evening attacked and killed an eight-year-old boy in an attempt to feed them at his family’s residence at Abrepo-Broni, a suburb of...

Man found dead in bush with head missing in Oti region

The body of an unidentified beheaded man has been found in a bush at Ntewusae, a farming community in the Krachi West Municipality of...

It’s a case of who the cap fits; I never said Ursula is an LGBTQ practitioner – MP

The Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Murtala Mohammed, has denied describing the Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, as a practitioner of LGBTQ. Speaking...

Memorial Park renovation a tourism ploy, not out of respect for Nkrumah – CPP

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the renovation of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, stating that it was primarily motivated...

Anti-gay bill proponents caution schools allegedly condoning LGBTQ+ acts

Proponents of the promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, have issued a stern...

Amnesty International opposes anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

Human rights organization, Amnesty International-Ghana, strongly opposes the ongoing efforts by Members of Parliament to pass the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. This comes after a unanimous consent...

Let’s leverage on AfDB funding to secure future partners – MASLOC CEO

Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, has urged employees, stakeholders, and other aligned bodies to put in their best to...

Security guard jailed 15 years for stabbing woman with fork

A security guard, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for unlawfully entering a woman's home...

Over 540,000 men had sex with other men in Ghana in 2017

Chairman of constitutional, legal, and parliamentary affairs, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, has disclosed that a study conducted in 2017 found that over 540,000 men had engaged...

Individual Bondholders to picket at Finance Ministry on Tuesday, July 11

The Coalition of Individual Bondholders Groups has announced their decision to commence picketing at the premises of the Finance Ministry from Tuesday, July 11...

DNA report exonerates man accused of impregnating his 13-year-old niece [Video]

Mustapha Mohammed was accused by her niece on Nhyira FM’s Obra Show as the biological father of her child. But a DNA report to ascertain...

Dr Bawumia initiates registration of cured lepers for Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority has begun the registration of cured lepers onto the identification register. The exercise, which was initiated by the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu...

20-year-old fulani battling for life as herdsmen assault him with cutlass at Gomoa Dominase

A 20-year-old Fulani named Ismaila Fusaini is fighting for his life after being attacked by two Fulani herdsmen wielding cutlasses at Gomoa Dominase in...

All 275 MPs consent to passage of anti-LGBTQ Bill

There has been unanimous consent by all 275 Members of Parliament for the passage of the anti-LGBTQ Bill currently before the house. This follows months...

Women must report men who force anal sex on them to the police – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged women who are coerced by their partners into engaging in oral and anal sex...

One more death recorded in Kasoa building collapse

The death toll in a building collapse incident at Kasoa in the Central Region has risen to two. The second victim, an elderly woman, died...

KNUST student in stable condition after attempted suicide – Management

The management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has explained that the student who attempted suicide on Tuesday was in a...

Anti-LGBTQI Bill: Sam George issues stern warning to US

The lead sponsor of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values bill, 2021, Sam George, has sent a stern warning...

Murderers of Akua Denteh sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

The Tamale High Court on Tuesday sentenced two women to 12 years imprisonment each over the murder of Madam Akua Denteh, the 90-year-old woman,...

Man killed during fight over cigarette at Santa Maria

A young man has allegedly been stabbed to death at Santa Maria washing bay in Accra during a fight over cigarette. According to reports, the...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Full Committee report recommending bill’s passage

Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has recommended the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ bill. In line with this, the House read the Proper Human...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Full Committee report recommending bill’s passage

Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has recommended the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ bill. In line with this, the House read the Proper Human...

Oti Regional Minister declares intention to contest Nkwanta South seat

Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu, has declared his intention to contest in the Nkwanta South constituency parliamentary election on the ticket of New Patriotic...

Speaker of Parliament enskinned devt chief

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has been enskinned as the Tinmaale Naa (Development Chief) at an elaborate ceremony at Takpo in the...

Woman found dead with body parts missing at Assin Dansame

A 50-year-old woman has been butchered at Assin Dansame in the Assin North District of the Central Region. It is unclear who murdered the deceased...

ECG to start another revenue mobilisation on July 11

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is expected to start another revenue mobilisation drive dubbed ‘operation zero’ targeted at mopping up revenue from domestic...

Anti-LGBTQ bill laid for the second time in Parliament but Speaker hints at hurdle

Parliament has read the Anti-LGBTQ bill for the second time but its passage may not see the light of day immediately. This is despite the...

My girlfriend left me because I was a virgin – Kumawu MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu constituency, Ernest Yaw Anim, says his heart got broken in the university when his girlfriend left him because...

Girl, 11, drowns after torrential rains at Anwomaso

A class four pupil has met her untimely death after heavy running water swept her away at Anwomaso-High Tension in the Oforikrom Municipality of...

OSP cries over poor funding for its work

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has once again called for adequate funding for the execution of its mandate, lamenting that it is...

We didn’t leak Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s arrest information to the public – OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has made it clear that they do not disclose the names of individuals they invite or arrest...

Step up and solve Free SHS-related issues – Akufo-Addo told

Ranking member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that all challenges...

Dormaahene is an NDC member, he dines with them – K.T. Hammond

Adansi-Asokwa MP, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has claimed the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).  The...

Schools likely to close down if… – Dr Apaak

A member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has expressed concern about the over two years’ arrears owed to the National Food...

Religious leaders besiege parliament ahead of LGBTQI+ bill reading

Parliament is scheduled to take the second reading of the Anti-LGTQI+ bill today, July 5, 2023. Even before parliamentary business for the day begins, religious...